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7.2 Renewable Energy
CURRENT KNOWLEDGE
Informational Resources
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Articles and Action items on clean energy https://www.ucsusa.org/energy
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Nuclear Power Map https://www.wano.info/members/wano-world-map
Action Tasks
- Scroll down to the “get involved” section and complete the tasks. https://www.ucsusa.org/energy
Stock and Flow Structures
- The Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) Program: In January 2023, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) launched a Clean Energy to Communities (C2C) Program, which enables communities across the country to transition to clean & green energy systems that are reliable, affordable, and represent local priorities. The C2C program will collaborate local leaders with DOE’s National Laboratories to help communities to transform their clean energy goals and ambitions into reality.
Canada
- Clean Fuels Fund: The Canadian government invested .5 billion in the Clean Fuels Fund (CFF) to build new or expand existing clean fuel production facilities and promote green energy. Part of this is working towards a sustainable hydrogen strategy.
POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS
Stock and Flow Structures
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Expand very-small time energy collection through environment-appropriate clean energy such as solar panels, windmills, watermills, ocean mills.
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Expand large projects in the categories above and minimize environmental impacts where possible by building on previously disturbed lands and using designs that are friendly to the local environment.
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You can transport the energy from solar farms in the middle of the desert. It would require investment in high voltage power grids to efficiently transfer the power across countries though. The issue with deserts is that the extreme heat decreases efficiency, (not significantly enough for it to not work) so it maybe more practical to localize solar farms. My point is that we have the space, the resources, and the know how to create a green society. Our systems and society are the problem.
https://drawdown.org/solutions (use electricity filter)
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BIOMASS POWER
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BUILDING AUTOMATION SYSTEMS
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BUILDING RETROFITTING
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CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER
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DISTRIBUTED ENERGY STORAGE
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DISTRIBUTED SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS
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DISTRICT HEATING
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DYNAMIC GLASS
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GEOTHERMAL POWER
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GREEN AND COOL ROOFS
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GRID FLEXIBILITY
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HIGH-EFFICIENCY HEAT PUMPS
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HIGH-PERFORMANCE GLASS
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INSULATION
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LANDFILL METHANE CAPTURE
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LED LIGHTING
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LOW-FLOW FIXTURES
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METHANE DIGESTERS
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MICRO WIND TURBINES
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MICROGRIDS
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NET ZERO BUILDINGS
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NUCLEAR POWER
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OCEAN POWER
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OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES
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ONSHORE WIND TURBINES
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SMALL HYDROPOWER
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SMART THERMOSTATS
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SOLAR HOT WATER
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UTILITY-SCALE ENERGY STORAGE
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UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS
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WASTE TO ENERGY
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WATER DISTRIBUTION EFFICIENCY
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(also use building filter)
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ALTERNATIVE REFRIGERANTS
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BIOGAS FOR COOKING
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CLEAN COOKING
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REFRIGERANT MANAGEMENT